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Lignans

Known as: Lignan, Lignans [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A class of dibenzylbutane derivatives which occurs in higher plants and in fluids (bile, serum, urine, etc.) in man and other animals. These… 
National Institutes of Health

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2-phenoxy-1-phenylethanone3'-demethoxysecoisolariciresinol6'-hydroxyjusticidin A6-hydroxyl-clausenamide

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Plant Extracts
antagonists & inhibitors

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2012
2012
Anti-hepatitis B virus constituents from the stem bark of Streblus asper.
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2010
Highly Cited
2010
Characterization and quantification of phenolic compounds of extra-virgin olive oils with anticancer properties by a rapid and resolutive LC-ESI-TOF MS method.
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2010
Highly Cited
2010
Dynamic kinetic asymmetric domino oxa-Michael/carbocyclization by combination of transition-metal and amine catalysis: catalytic enantioselective synthesis of dihydrofurans.
A one-pot highly chemo- and enantioselective catalytic domino oxa-Michael/carbocyclization between α,β-unsaturated aldehydes and… 
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2008
Highly Cited
2008
Molecular characterization of cell death induced by a compatible interaction between Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. linii and flax (Linum usitatissimum) cells.
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1993
Highly Cited
1993
Lignification in cell suspension cultures of Pinus taeda. In situ characterization of a gymnosperm lignin.
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1992
Highly Cited
1992
An extraordinary accumulation of (-)-pinoresinol in cell-free extracts of Forsythia intermedia: evidence for enantiospecific reduction of (+)-pinoresinol.
1992
1992
New approaches in asymmetric synthesis using γ-alkoxybutenolides
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1981
Highly Cited
1981
Inhibition of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase by lignans.
Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (AMP) phosphodiesterase inhibitors contained in Forsythia suspensa were identified as lignans… 
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1981
Highly Cited
1981
Diet and urinary excretion of lignans in female subjects.
Lignans, a class of compounds having a 2,3-dibenzylbutane skeleton, have recently been identified for the first time in humans… 
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1975
Highly Cited
1975
Potential anticancer agents II: antitumor and cytotoxic lignans from Linum album (Linaceae).
A phytochemical study of Linum album (Linaceae), guided by bioassay with the 9KB cell culture, resulted in the isolation of… 
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